Forrest S. Mosten

Mosten attended the University of California, Riverside (AB, Phi Beta Kappa), graduating in 1969. He graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1972 from the UCLA School of Law, University of California.

Mosten began his legal career in 1972, as a founding partner of Jacoby and Meyers. He left that practice in 1976 to serve as Director of Clinical Education, Mercer University School of Law, Macon, Georgia, and in 1978 was named Assistant Regional Director for Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission. He opened a private law and mediation practice in 1979 with a storefront office near LAX. He is a popular presenter at mediation and law conferences throughout the world.

Mosten has taught at multiple law schools including Mercer University School of Law (1976-1978), University of Southern California School of Law (1979 - 1983), University of San Diego School of Law (1978), Whittier Law School (1985), Pepperdine School of Law (1989 - 1997; 2007), University of Idaho (2000), Hamline University School of Law (2001 - 2005; 2009), and the UCLA School of Law (2002 - present), where he is currently a Adjunct Professor of Law teaching Mediation, Family Law Practice, a Non-Litigation Approach, Lawyer as Peacemaker, Lawyer-Client Relationship, and supervizes students in their independent research, some of which has been published in professional journals.

Mosten is recognized as the creator of Unbundled legal services.

2000: Mosten was Keynote Presenter at National Conference on Unbundling in Baltimore.

Mosten has been an innovator in the creation of the client library as a resource for informed consent, Confidential Mini-Evaluation ( to provide expert input to break impasse in negotiations) and in training family law professionals to be financially self-sufficient in their peacemaking practices.

• Unbundled Legal Services: A Family Lawyer's Guide (with Elizabeth Potter Scully) (2017) published by American Bar Association, ISBN 9781634259217
• The Complete Guide to Mediation (with Elizabeth Potter Scully) (2nd Edition, 2015) published by American Bar Association. ISBN 978-1634250108
• Collaborative Divorce Handbook (2009) published by Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0470395196
• Mediation Career Guide (2001) published by Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0787957032
• Unbundling Legal Services (2000) published by American Bar Association. ISBN 978-1570738463

• 2004 American Bar Association Lawyer as Problem Solver Award and American Bar Association Lifetime Legal Access Award.
• 1999 Peacemaker of the Year, Southern California Mediation Association
• In 1984, Mosten was named Chair of the ABA Client Counseling Competition. Since 1989, he has been Chair of the International Consultation Competition, a law school competition involving 23 countries that now bears his name along with his mentor, Louis M. Brown.